How Many People Can Speak 3+ Languages By European Country

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The map shows what percentage of each Europeans country’s population can speak 3 or more languages. Unsurprisingly, Luxembourg, Finlamd, Norway, Slovenia and Switzerland are in the top 5.

Also, not surprising to see the UK so low, although I am surprised it’s higher than France and on par with Spain.

The map above used 2019, data, but I’ve been able to find 2022 Eurostat data below:

Country	1 Language Only (%)	2 Languages (%)	3 Languages (%)	4+ Languages (%)
European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)	25.3	37.6	24.7	12.3
Euro area – 20 countries (from 2023)	23.4	36.5	26	14.1
Belgium	22	25.1	29.5	23.5
Bulgaria	51.8	34.5	11.2	2.5
Czechia	22.1	46.6	24.5	6.8
Denmark	9.8	29.2	33	28.1
Germany	12.3	41.4	29.8	16.6
Estonia	4.5	19.3	43.2	33
Ireland	37.5	33.8	21	7.7
Greece	28.8	55	13.1	3.1
Spain	43.7	34.6	15.8	5.8
France	22.6	34.5	29.8	13.1
Croatia	20.7	50.3	23.2	5.8
Italy	32.1	37.5	22.8	7.6
Cyprus	8.1	61.5	21.2	9.2
Latvia	5	26.4	52.6	16
Lithuania	4.6	38.3	47.7	9.3
Luxembourg	5.5	17.3	23.1	54.1
Hungary	51.3	30.6	14.2	3.8
Malta	20.4	47.2	24.5	7.9
Netherlands	7	20.7	32	40.2
Austria	11.6	53	24.6	10.8
Poland	27.1	47.4	20.5	5
Portugal	30.1	31	25	14
Romania	51.2	35.2	12.3	1.2
Slovenia	4	16.6	23.1	56.3
Slovakia	14.4	30.3	34.2	21.1
Finland	7.8	20.5	33.5	38.1
Sweden	4.1	50.8	32.3	12.7
Iceland	11.5	21.2	29.3	37.9
Norway	1.8	12.7	14.3	71.2
Switzerland	:	:	:	:
United Kingdom	:	:	:	:
Bosnia and Herzegovina	:	:	:	:
North Macedonia	:	:	:	:
Albania	:	:	:	:
Serbia	11.9	55.8	25.3	6.9
Türkiye	46	46.8	6	1.2

Now a few notes about the data above, it only include people 24-64 years old and is self-reported. So people may rate their language proficiency higher in one country than another. Still very interesting to see the variations between countries.